Fostoria Ohio, 8-25-11 Featuring CSX

[@ILEFTMYBF4XBL]

Thx for the vid that smfr whole car was sick

[@trainmandan05]

Well, I have been looking all over Walbridge & Stanley, Can not find the thing ANYWHERE... How did you hear it was there?

[@trainmandan05]

Not retired, It was put in storage with a # of other CR EMD's. CSX could not use 8888 because of it's need of Major Overhaul repairs to the engine and they put it into storage, However 8888 was taken out of storage and sent to CSX's shops in Kentucky back in 2010. Me and a number of other folks spotted Crazy 8's in Fostoria that night with another CSX SD40 and some HLCX leasors heading to Columbus. It's current location is unknown....

[@MattlikestrainsOfficial]

csx 8888 is in Corbin Ky . Has been for about 3 1/2 years or so. I look at it ever day that I work as a carman.

[@skylermedd1235]

1 Curious Question Was the CSX exCR 8888 actually in the Conrail Heritage Paint????

[@trainmandan05]

It was actually down in PA recently but made her way back to KY.

[@cnrailfan8000]

wow i cant believe they use csx 8888 still respond asap

[@trainmandan05]

Holy crap! Well if she's there then someone better get the hell down there and get pics of it before it disappears again!

[@trainmandan05]

Yup, They are turning it onto a -3 model, I don't remember where they are sending it though so maybe when they ship it to get rebuilt someone will be able to get it on video. When I saw it I don't believe it was operating, Was dead in tow heading southward back to Kentucky.

[@CSX2665]

wow that was on my 1st day of skool lol

[@trainmandan05]

Bryce, As far as I know, the unit at the time we saw it on the webcam was dead in tow. It is, as of now retired and awaiting it's rebuilt to a Dash 3 boxcab.

[@cnrailfan8000]

Daniel Arnold what is a dash 3 boxcab

[@trainmandan05]

CSX's SD40-3 is basically an SD40-2 with electrical and computer upgrades. Also, these units have homebuilt safety cabs,(nicknamed boxcabs) as replacements for the older EMD standard Spartan cab. Minus then new cab and ratchet brake stands, these units pretty much look like regular SD40-2's.

[@cnrailfan8000]

Daniel Arnold ok thanks

[@Stoegz13]

8888 was once a runaway train

[@trainmandan05]

I didn't catch it, It came through on a coal train 2 hours after I left. I saw it on the Fostoria webcam. But I wanted to specify this to let people know that it did come through.

[@Dfalevitch]

yes it is its the second locomotive

[@trainmandan05]

That's right, MAY 2001

[@Dfalevitch]

oh but that is it

[@66NEETS]

CSX 8888 IS RETIRED